Collaborate Disseminate
We have a licensing system where our software, a commercial product we sell to people, contacts our licensing server when starting to get an OK to run.
It contacts our licensing URL and passes up an XML file signed with our … Continue reading Allow setting both server URL and public key – security hole?
I’m looking into binary obfuscation for an exectuable binary written in C++. I realize preventing cracks is impossible, but making it slightly harder would be nice.
No matter how complex the actual license scheme is, I can’t think of a wa… Continue reading C++ binary obfuscation: how to get around license checks being a simple if/then branches?
I am to provide a hardware+software solution. The software is an application in c++ running on windows. The hardware is motherboard+processor+disk+memory. In order to protect the solution, I need to develop a USB dongle.
How strong is software license security based on reading the computer specifications such as Windows installation ID, hard disk serial number, size and so forth?
Context:
I’m researching software licensing security strategie… Continue reading How strong is software licencing security based on reading the computer specs?
I want the user to temporarily have full access to the software, after which a permanent license would be required.
Assuming every build has only one user (and different builds are binarically different), what approach can b… Continue reading Method for verifying a product key offline when having a special build for every user?
This is a repost, because i accidentialy posted on stackoverflow first
I was wondering how i could achieve a high security level, using Client-Server Authentication. Below is a rough draft of what i thought about:
Let me e… Continue reading Client-Server Authentication Security Issue
I’m writing simple program for linux OS, I want to distribute it licence for ip address. so it can be used only on server with that ip address
e.g customer will purchase and we will assign a key (not sure how much use these … Continue reading How to protect linux software from unauthorized use
I’m writing simple program for linux OS, I want to distribute it licence for ip address. so it can be used only on server with that ip address
e.g customer will purchase and we will assign a key (not sure how much use these … Continue reading How to protect linux software from unauthorized use
Recently, I stumbled upon a way to reset the software trial of any product under the adobe suite. It’s as simple as changing some attributes within a few files. I’m assuming that it can be deemed an issue because it shows no … Continue reading How to notify Adobe about a software issue
If a user download commercial software through the official, corresponding website, but use a product key which you did not legitimately purchase (e.g. websites that offer a list of product keys for free), does that harm anything other tha… Continue reading Can ‘cracked’ product keys harm the user in any way?